Ride vs GP Bikes

[BOBR6 84]

@urban..

How long have u had GPB for?

Id say stick with it (and us  ) for a while and get into it.. Takes time to understand properly I think..

Iv read and seen people dismiss GPB as flawed and unrealistic basicly because they cant be bothered to learn.. (fair enough) but, I guarantee once you get to a point where you can push the bikes alot more you will be hooked 

Ride, motogp etc are fun games and you can have good online races with your pals.. GPB is a slower pace.. Pays off when you think about and apply real riding techniques (best you can with a pad etc). Instead of going flat out everywhere mashing on the brakes at willy nilly..

For instance.. Suspension! In real life its down to how you ride to get the best out of the suspension.. I get that in gpbikes too! Not in any other bike game..
Eg.. Tight corner leading to a hairpin.. If you coast around the corner then brake you will struggle to stop. Squirt the throttle on around the corner and you will be faster and brake easier because of the extra suspension travel with the weight transfer..Realistic!

Rambling on I know but I just wish people paid attention to the detail GPB has.

Of course it has its fair share of problems but that's where the word beta comes in.. All the others are full priced ''finished'' games..

[SKD]

I would really like to give RIDE a try. One thing that really pissed me of with Milestone games (also with wrc3) is the fact that there seems to be no community at all. You don't find a single fansite, no leages, nothing. with ride it seems the same. When googling it I only found the official site and a few reviews. In the past games like these allways seemed to be dead just after the release.
So whats your experience with RIDE? Do you have any links for me?

You might be right that RIDE isn't a real simulation, but sometimes I like games that are betweem a real sim and just a game. You can have fun with these without training. One of the first race games I really had fun with for example was DTM Race Driver (in the UK: TOCA Race Driver).


Also: "Easier games" like RIDE or the race driver series I mentioned before bring people to real sims. Sims like GP Bikes can be very frustrating for a new user especially when not having any experience with race games at all. So I think it's good for GP Bikes as well that games like RIDE exist.

[BOBR6 84]

Completely agree mate!

Played the superbike series on xbox for a while.. Wanted more realism.. Saw gpbikes on youtube! Bought a pc.. 

Milestone games on pc.. Not sure.. On xbox or ps4 though get in touch with GirlracerTracey! She organizes leagues for motogp.. All the best leaderboard topping players race in her leagues..

[JJS209]

Played the superbike series on xbox for a while.. Wanted more realism.. Saw gpbikes on youtube! Bought a pc.. 

lol bob

"Once a decision is done, never explain, never apologize."

[SKD]

So is there any online racing / community with RIDE or is the game as dead as it seems?

[BOBR6 84]

Not sure man.. Think it needs fixing but milestone have moved on..

[SKD]

Wow, just saw that it's on steam as day-deal for 20€. From what I've read on the forums it's still too much

[Blackheart]

Wow, just saw that it's on steam as day-deal for 20€. From what I've read on the forums it's still too much

It is, get bored very quickly ...

[Boerenlater]

And don't forget when Milestone gives birth to a new game Ride will be dead.
While GP Bikes still will get updates.

[SKD]

Yes, Milestone is just a pain in the ass. It's the same everytime: they release new games each years, sometimes there one patch and that's it. No support no community, nothing. Doesn't mather wether it's sbk, motogp, ride, wrc... it's all the same shit.

[HornetMaX]

Yes, Milestone is just a pain in the ass. It's the same everytime: they release new games each years, sometimes there one patch and that's it. No support no community, nothing. Doesn't mather wether it's sbk, motogp, ride, wrc... it's all the same shit.

You forgot MXGP

MaX.